A warning.

This next story is about suicide, and it's an issue that's top of mind for one white Northern Kentucky community.

Five teens in the Boone County School District died by suicide between November of last year and this February.

Tonight, we introduce you to Jamie Seitz, who lost her daughter to suicide.

As our Emily Sisk reports, Jamie is speaking out about her experience and what she wants other parents to know.

Audrey Haney was a spirited 13 year old girl.

She went to Ackerman Middle School in Florence and, like most teenage girls, loved taking selfies and hanging out with friends.

Audrey was ambitious.

She was so artistic.

If you were around her, she would just lit up the room.

She wasn't a stranger to anybody.

In December of last year, however, everything changed.

Just a few days after Thanksgiving and her 13th birthday, Audrey died by suicide.

Her mother reflected on the days leading up to her death.

They were so normal.

They were completely above normal.

I mean, between her birthday and her death, she went to the zoo.

She got to see every family member, basically.

She was the happiest I've seen her in a long time.

On the night Audrey died, everything seemed routine.

The family ate dinner together, watched a movie, then got ready for bed.

She took a shower.

She laid out her clothes.

I want to.

I told her like, love me.

Good night.

And that was it.

A few hours later, though, their world turned upside down.

That's when, you know, chaos and tragedy and everything happened.

And it was, you know, it's a blur.

But it's not because I do remember details that just.

How that night went.

In the week that followed Audrey's death, Jamie spoke with a Boone County detective who told her more information about what was happening in her daughter's life.

Knox.

When they told me the whole truth and I was like, what?

Like, my mind cannot at all wrap around it.

Audrey interacted with an online group known as True Crime Community, or TCC.

The group idolized violent offenders like the Columbine school shooters.

According to her mother, Audrey was first exposed to the ideas through a video game called Roblox, which then expanded to a social media page.

She used the platform TikTok to access the group.

Experts say the online community appeals to kids who may feel rejected or lonely.

I don't think there is a feeling to describe how you feel when you learn something and then, you know, you feel like, what did I miss?

You know, her phone had parental controls.

I know, like, I thought I knew her, but I never knew this side.

When people say it starts at home, no.

A lot of times nowadays, it starts online.

While Jamie was still processing her daughter's death, more suicides took place within the Boone County School District.

I'm seeing another suicide.

I'm seeing another and another and another.

And I'm like, what is happening in Boone County?

What is going on and why haven't you all reached out?

Jamie decided to speak out on her own.

She attended a Boone County school board meeting, pleading for action.

We have to come up with something, and the moms out here are willing to do anything.

Just.

We don't want anybody else to have to suffer.

And it is so hard.

Jamie has since become an advocate across the region for families who have gone through a similar pain.

She has even become an advocate across the country, conducting interviews with national news organizations.

While she's not big on public speaking.

She is determined to get her message to as many people as possible.

The whole stigma it has to be broken has to be like, it's okay to not be okay.

I'm gonna focus all of my energy on something else that will make a change.

And it doesn't matter how long it takes, but I'm going to do it.

For Kentucky edition, I'm Emily Sisk.

Thank you so much, Emily.

Tomorrow night we'll talk further about how the community has responded and what changes could be on the horizon.

We'll have reaction from a state lawmaker.

The Northern Kentucky Health Department and more.

That's tomorrow night on Kentucky Edition.

And please remember, if you or someone you know is feeling suicidal or having a mental health crisis, you can call the National Suicid